diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DType.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DType.java
index 2e5b0202dc5..d0bb7761da4 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DType.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DType.java
@@ -173,6 +173,37 @@ private DType(DTypeEnum id, int decimalScale) {
       STRUCT
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Returns max precision for Decimal Type.
+   * @return max precision this Decimal Type can hold
+   */
+  public int getDecimalMaxPrecision() {
+    if (!isDecimalType()) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("not a decimal type: " + this);
+    }
+    if (typeId == DTypeEnum.DECIMAL32) return DECIMAL32_MAX_PRECISION;
+    if (typeId == DTypeEnum.DECIMAL64) return DECIMAL64_MAX_PRECISION;
+    return DType.DECIMAL128_MAX_PRECISION;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the number of decimal places needed to hold the Integral Type.
+   * NOTE: this method is NOT for Decimal Type but for Integral Type.
+   * @return the minimum decimal precision (places) for Integral Type
+   */
+  public int getPrecisionForInt() {
+    // -128 to 127
+    if (typeId == DTypeEnum.INT8) return 3;
+    // -32768 to 32767
+    if (typeId == DTypeEnum.INT16) return 5;
+    // -2147483648 to 2147483647
+    if (typeId == DTypeEnum.INT32) return 10;
+    // -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807
+    if (typeId == DTypeEnum.INT64) return 19;
+
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException("not an integral type: " + this);
+  }
+
   /**
    * This only works for fixed width types. Variable width types like strings the value is
    * undefined and should be ignored.
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DecimalUtils.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DecimalUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1979bd1bd5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DecimalUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package ai.rapids.cudf;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.AbstractMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DecimalUtils {
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a cuDF decimal type with precision and scale
+   */
+  public static DType createDecimalType(int precision, int scale) {
+    if (precision <= DType.DECIMAL32_MAX_PRECISION) {
+      return DType.create(DType.DTypeEnum.DECIMAL32, -scale);
+    } else if (precision <= DType.DECIMAL64_MAX_PRECISION) {
+      return DType.create(DType.DTypeEnum.DECIMAL64, -scale);
+    } else if (precision <= DType.DECIMAL128_MAX_PRECISION) {
+      return DType.create(DType.DTypeEnum.DECIMAL128, -scale);
+    }
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException("precision overflow: " + precision);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Given decimal precision and scale, returns the lower and upper bound of current decimal type.
+   *
+   * Be very careful when comparing these CUDF decimal comparisons really only work
+   * when both types are already the same precision and scale, and when you change the scale
+   * you end up losing information.
+   * @param precision the max precision of decimal type
+   * @param scale the scale of decimal type
+   * @return a Map Entry of BigDecimal, lower bound as the key, upper bound as the value
+   */
+  public static Map.Entry<BigDecimal, BigDecimal> bounds(int precision, int scale) {
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+    for (int i = 0; i < precision; i++) sb.append("9");
+    sb.append("e");
+    sb.append(-scale);
+    String boundStr = sb.toString();
+    BigDecimal upperBound = new BigDecimal(boundStr);
+    BigDecimal lowerBound = new BigDecimal("-" + boundStr);
+    return new AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<>(lowerBound, upperBound);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * With precision and scale, checks each value of input decimal column for out of bound.
+   * @return the boolean column represents whether specific values are out of bound or not
+   */
+  public static ColumnVector outOfBounds(ColumnView input, int precision, int scale) {
+    Map.Entry<BigDecimal, BigDecimal> boundPair = bounds(precision, scale);
+    BigDecimal lowerBound = boundPair.getKey();
+    BigDecimal upperBound = boundPair.getValue();
+    try (ColumnVector over = greaterThan(input, upperBound);
+         ColumnVector under = lessThan(input, lowerBound)) {
+      return over.or(under);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Because the native lessThan operator has issues with comparing decimal values that have different
+   * precision and scale accurately. This method takes some special steps to get rid of these issues.
+   */
+  public static ColumnVector lessThan(ColumnView lhs, BigDecimal rhs) {
+    assert (lhs.getType().isDecimalType());
+    int leftScale = lhs.getType().getScale();
+    int leftPrecision = lhs.getType().getDecimalMaxPrecision();
+
+    // First we have to round the scalar (rhs) to the same scale as lhs.  Because this is a
+    // less than and it is rhs that we are rounding, we will round away from 0 (UP)
+    // to make sure we always return the correct value.
+    // For example:
+    //      100.1 < 100.19
+    // If we rounded down the rhs 100.19 would become 100.1, and now 100.1 is not < 100.1
+    BigDecimal roundedRhs = rhs.setScale(-leftScale, BigDecimal.ROUND_UP);
+
+    if (roundedRhs.precision() > leftPrecision) {
+      // converting rhs to the same precision as lhs would result in an overflow/error, but
+      // the scale is the same so we can still figure this out. For example if LHS precision is
+      // 4 and RHS precision is 5 we get the following...
+      //  9999 <  99999 => true
+      // -9999 <  99999 => true
+      //  9999 < -99999 => false
+      // -9999 < -99999 => false
+      // so the result should be the same as RHS > 0
+      try (Scalar isPositive = Scalar.fromBool(roundedRhs.compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) > 0)) {
+        return ColumnVector.fromScalar(isPositive, (int) lhs.getRowCount());
+      }
+    }
+    try (Scalar scalarRhs = Scalar.fromDecimal(roundedRhs.unscaledValue(), lhs.getType())) {
+      return lhs.lessThan(scalarRhs);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Because the native lessThan operator has issues with comparing decimal values that have different
+   * precision and scale accurately. This method takes some special steps to get rid of these issues.
+   */
+  public static ColumnVector lessThan(BinaryOperable lhs, BigDecimal rhs, int numRows) {
+    if (lhs instanceof ColumnView) {
+      return lessThan((ColumnView) lhs, rhs);
+    }
+    Scalar scalarLhs = (Scalar) lhs;
+    if (scalarLhs.isValid()) {
+      try (Scalar isLess = Scalar.fromBool(scalarLhs.getBigDecimal().compareTo(rhs) < 0)) {
+        return ColumnVector.fromScalar(isLess, numRows);
+      }
+    }
+    try (Scalar nullScalar = Scalar.fromNull(DType.BOOL8)) {
+      return ColumnVector.fromScalar(nullScalar, numRows);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Because the native greaterThan operator has issues with comparing decimal values that have different
+   * precision and scale accurately. This method takes some special steps to get rid of these issues.
+   */
+  public static ColumnVector greaterThan(ColumnView lhs, BigDecimal rhs) {
+    assert (lhs.getType().isDecimalType());
+    int cvScale = lhs.getType().getScale();
+    int maxPrecision = lhs.getType().getDecimalMaxPrecision();
+
+    // First we have to round the scalar (rhs) to the same scale as lhs.  Because this is a
+    // greater than and it is rhs that we are rounding, we will round towards 0 (DOWN)
+    // to make sure we always return the correct value.
+    // For example:
+    //      100.2 > 100.19
+    // If we rounded up the rhs 100.19 would become 100.2, and now 100.2 is not > 100.2
+    BigDecimal roundedRhs = rhs.setScale(-cvScale, BigDecimal.ROUND_DOWN);
+
+    if (roundedRhs.precision() > maxPrecision) {
+      // converting rhs to the same precision as lhs would result in an overflow/error, but
+      // the scale is the same so we can still figure this out. For example if LHS precision is
+      // 4 and RHS precision is 5 we get the following...
+      //  9999 >  99999 => false
+      // -9999 >  99999 => false
+      //  9999 > -99999 => true
+      // -9999 > -99999 => true
+      // so the result should be the same as RHS < 0
+      try (Scalar isNegative = Scalar.fromBool(roundedRhs.compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) < 0)) {
+        return ColumnVector.fromScalar(isNegative, (int) lhs.getRowCount());
+      }
+    }
+    try (Scalar scalarRhs = Scalar.fromDecimal(roundedRhs.unscaledValue(), lhs.getType())) {
+      return lhs.greaterThan(scalarRhs);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Scalar.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Scalar.java
index 03e77573695..205efadfe6c 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Scalar.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Scalar.java
@@ -261,15 +261,22 @@ public static Scalar fromDecimal(BigDecimal value) {
       return Scalar.fromNull(DType.create(DType.DTypeEnum.DECIMAL64, 0));
     }
     DType dt = DType.fromJavaBigDecimal(value);
+    return fromDecimal(value.unscaledValue(), dt);
+  }
+
+  public static Scalar fromDecimal(BigInteger unscaledValue, DType dt) {
+    if (unscaledValue == null) {
+      return Scalar.fromNull(dt);
+    }
     long handle;
     if (dt.typeId == DType.DTypeEnum.DECIMAL32) {
-      handle = makeDecimal32Scalar(value.unscaledValue().intValueExact(), -value.scale(), true);
+      handle = makeDecimal32Scalar(unscaledValue.intValueExact(), dt.getScale(), true);
     } else if (dt.typeId == DType.DTypeEnum.DECIMAL64) {
-      handle = makeDecimal64Scalar(value.unscaledValue().longValueExact(), -value.scale(), true);
+      handle = makeDecimal64Scalar(unscaledValue.longValueExact(), dt.getScale(), true);
     } else {
-      byte[] unscaledValueBytes = value.unscaledValue().toByteArray();
+      byte[] unscaledValueBytes = unscaledValue.toByteArray();
       byte[] finalBytes =  convertDecimal128FromJavaToCudf(unscaledValueBytes);
-      handle = makeDecimal128Scalar(finalBytes, -value.scale(), true);
+      handle = makeDecimal128Scalar(finalBytes, dt.getScale(), true);
     }
     return new Scalar(dt, handle);
   }